diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 08ea6a29f6..552c6366d8 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ netifaces>=0.10.4 # MIT
 httplib2>=0.7.5 # MIT
 lxml>=2.3 # BSD
 passlib>=1.6 # BSD
-python-heatclient>=1.5.0 # Apache-2.0
+python-heatclient>=1.6.1 # Apache-2.0
 python-novaclient!=2.33.0,>=2.29.0 # Apache-2.0
 python-cinderclient!=1.7.0,!=1.7.1,>=1.6.0 # Apache-2.0
 python-keystoneclient>=3.6.0 # Apache-2.0